A population approach to renal replacement therapy epidemiology: lessons from the EVEREST study

作者：Caskey Fergus J^*; Jager Kitty J

来源：Nephrology Dialysis Transplantation, 2014, 29(8): 1494-1499.

DOI：10.1093/ndt/gft390

• aetiology
• epidemiology
• macroeconomics
• renal replacement therapy
• renal service organization

The marked variation that exists in renal replacement therapy (RRT) epidemiology between countries and within countries requires careful systematic examination if the root causes are to be understood. While individual patient-level studies are undoubtedly important, there is a complementary role for more population-level, area-based studies-an aetiological approach. The EVEREST Study adopted such an approach, bringing RRT incidence rates, survival and modality mix together with macroeconomic factors, general population factors and renal service organizational factors for up to 46 countries. This review considers the background to EVEREST, its key results and then the main methodological lessons and their potential application to ongoing work.

• 出版日期2014-8